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GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE! From who to spend it with to what to eat, here are some pointers to bring the joy to your wedding morning preparations words Elizabeth Chester
Often consumed with drifting down the aisle on
morning or bridal breakfast. Or how about a sleepover
everything at your fingertips, so take a trip down
a wave of gossamer, brides can overlook the part
with your best girls the night before in your suite? If
memory lane, reminiscing with your besties over old
of their day wedding before the formalities begin.
you’d rather wake up alone, you could enquire about
photographs, memories and songs.
Small details, perhaps, but no less important…
hiring the snug or lounge in another part of the hotel
Where to stay
for a chic get-together and pamper breakfast, where
Self-catering accommodation offers intimacy and
nails can be painted and movies can be screened.
flexibility in a way that a hotel, which may have other
Whether you’re safely ensconced in the bridal suite
guests staying, may not be able to. So how about an
of the venue you’re marrying in, at home eagerly
Should you wish to enjoy the great outdoors, a sea
old school crafty morning – no glitter, please! – creating
anticipating the arrival of a Rolls-Royce to whisk you
swim or stroll with your bridal gang could work well
self-portraits of one another or handmade thank yous
away, or getting ready in self-catering accommodation,
if you’re marrying later in the day and help you to get
for your friends and family. This could be a fun and
there may be hours to fill before your ceremony
moving (mornings of weddings can often involve quite
carefree way to while away an hour in a small group,
begins. Depending on your bridal look, the time of
a lot of sitting around!). Larger wedding venues and
particularly if you don’t want to begin the getting-
your ceremony and when your guests are arriving, that
hotels can organise activities for you on-site, so ask
bridal-ready stage too early.
may allow you time to plan some things to do.
what’s available at your venue.
Who to see
What to do
If you’re getting ready at home, at least you don’t have
Some couples have strict rules about who they must or
If you and your bridal party are all at your venue or
to worry about forgetting to pack everything! Leaving
mustn’t see ahead of the big reveal. If you’re having a
hotel, gather together in one room for a makeover
for your nuptials straight from home means you have
first look, you may well be in hair and make-up early,
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